melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (03/23/91)
In article <13631@helios.TAMU.EDU> mkh6317@rigel.tamu.edu (HOWARD, MATTHEW KENDALL) writes: In article <1991Mar22.145326.27445@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu>, medlin@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu (Roger Medlin) writes... Welcome, welcome. So you want to see the future. Come in. Come in. Ah, I see you are a NeXt user. Sit down. Sit down. Lets peer into my crystal ball. Yes, yes, its all becoming clear now. I can see shadows of the future. NeXT is not there. While it was the first to deliver an 040 it was only the first of many. Apple releases an 040 in 1991 and continues to be a HUGELY profitable enterprise. NeXT can no longer afford to dump its machines. NeXT investors finally break free of SJ's smooth and hypnotic spell they realize what a bad bad financial mistake they've made. Refusing to wait another 4 years to see their first yen of profit they pull out. Even the Mac emulator, developed with great labor and TREMENDOUS legal expense, fails to save the NeXT. NeXT owners are stuck just as the Atari, TI, Timex, S100, Commodore, MindSet, and other "leading edge bang for your buck consumers" were except that this time they are stuck with something that cost 5 times as much. ... ah the crystal grows cloudy again..... Wishful thinking. I'm glad that your sticking with Apple because NeXT is dumping their machines on the market. It's only money that you are throwing away. But hey, Apple deserves your money. Do you thing that Sun is dumping their SPARCstation IPC at $4995? Wake up. Mac owners have been getting screwed for years just so they could have a nice GUI. There has always been an incredible price/performace gap b/w workstation and PC(generic) owners. This is about to change! If NeXT doesn't do it, then Sun will. At least at the $5000 price range and above. Below that... well you get the SE, but that is all you really ever needed. Right Brandon(Mr. Minimalist -- whatever you name is)? -Mike